Fire-extinguisher



(No Model.)

G. F. WOODMAN. FIRE EXTINGUISHER.

No. 600,212. y Patented Mar. 8.1898,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE FREDERICK VOODMAN, OF DICKINSON, NORTH DAKOTA.

FIRE-EXTINGUISHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,212, dated March 8, 1898.

Application filed October '7, 1897.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE FREDERTCK WOODMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dickinson, in the county of Stark and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire- Extinguishers; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiioation.

The special object of my invention is to make a drag by which prairie and similar fires may be first smothered on the outer edge thereof and then put out altogether.

Figure l of the drawings is an elevation, and Fig. 2 a transverse section.

In the drawings, A represents an asbestos cloth secured fast to and between two webs of chain armor, which are designated by the letters B B. The three layers form a flexible Serial No. 654,440. (No model.)

mat or drag, the asbestos being necessary to smother the fire, while the chain armor serves to take the wear and give weight to the drag.

C C represent drag-chains which I preferably employ to enable the drag to be drawn by hand or any other power over the burn-4 GEORGE FREDERICK WOODMAN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE W. LEE, R. J. TURNER. 

